diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 21b465f0..e77bc3a2 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ var controllers     = {};
 controllers.index   = require('./controller/index');
 controllers.doc     = require('./controller/doc');
 controllers.suggest = require('./controller/suggest');
-controllers.suggest_nearby = require('./controller/suggest_nearby');
 controllers.search  = require('./controller/search');
 
 /** ----------------------- routes ----------------------- **/
@@ -35,7 +34,9 @@ app.get( '/doc', sanitisers.doc.middleware, controllers.doc() );
 
 // suggest API
 app.get( '/suggest', sanitisers.suggest.middleware, controllers.suggest() );
-app.get( '/suggest/nearby', sanitisers.suggest.middleware, controllers.suggest_nearby() );
+app.get( '/suggest/nearby', 
+		sanitisers.suggest.middleware, 
+		controllers.suggest(undefined, undefined, require('./helper/queryMixer').suggest_nearby) );
 
 // search API
 app.get( '/search', sanitisers.search.middleware, controllers.search() );
diff --git a/controller/suggest.js b/controller/suggest.js
index 914a8652..ef2774bc 100644
--- a/controller/suggest.js
+++ b/controller/suggest.js
@@ -4,46 +4,27 @@ var service = {
   mget: require('../service/mget')
 };
 var geojsonify = require('../helper/geojsonify').search;
-var async = require('async');
+var resultsHelper = require('../helper/results');
 
-function setup( backend, query ){
+function setup( backend, query, query_mixer ){
 
   // allow overriding of dependencies
   backend = backend || require('../src/backend');
   query = query || require('../query/suggest');
+  query_mixer = query_mixer || require('../helper/queryMixer').suggest;
 
   function controller( req, res, next ){
 
+    // backend command
     var cmd = {
       index: 'pelias',
-      body: query( req.clean )
+      body: query( req.clean, query_mixer )
     };
 
-    var SIZE = req.clean.size || 10;
+    var size = req.clean.size || 10; 
 
-    var query_backend = function(cmd, callback) {
-      // query backend
-      service.suggest( backend, cmd, function( err, docs ){
-
-        // error handler
-        if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-
-        callback(null, docs);
-      });
-    };
-
-    var dedup = function(combined) {
-      var unique_ids = [];
-      return combined.filter(function(item, pos) {
-        if (unique_ids.indexOf(item.text) === -1) {
-          unique_ids.push(item.text);
-          return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-      });
-    };
-
-    var reply = function(docs) {
+    // responder
+    function reply( docs ){
       
       // convert docs to geojson
       var geojson = geojsonify( docs );
@@ -53,17 +34,24 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
 
       // respond
       return res.status(200).json( geojson );
-    };
+    }
 
-    var respond = function(data) {
+    // query backend
+    service.suggest( backend, cmd, function( err, suggested ){
+
+      // error handler
+      if( err ){ return next( err ); }
+      
+      // pick the required number of results 
+      suggested = resultsHelper.picker(suggested, size);
 
       // no documents suggested, return empty array to avoid ActionRequestValidationException
-      if( !Array.isArray( data ) || !data.length ){
+      if( !Array.isArray( suggested ) || !suggested.length ){
         return reply([]);
       }
 
       // map suggester output to mget query
-      var query = data.map( function( doc ) {
+      var query = suggested.map( function( doc ) {
         var idParts = doc.text.split(':');
         return {
           _index: 'pelias',
@@ -81,72 +69,8 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
         return reply( docs );
 
       });
+    });
 
-    };
-
-    if (req.clean.input) {
-      var async_query;
-
-      // admin only
-      req.admin = {};
-      for (var k in req.clean) { req.admin[k] = req.clean[k]; }
-      req.admin.layers = ['admin0','admin1','admin2'];
-
-      if (req.clean.input.length < 4 && isNaN(parseInt(req.clean.input, 10))) {
-        async_query = {
-          admin_3p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.admin, 3 );
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          },
-          admin_1p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.admin, 1 );
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          },
-          all_3p: function(callback) {
-            cmd.body = query( req.clean, 3 );
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          }
-        };
-      } else {
-        async_query = {
-          all_5p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.clean, 5);
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          },
-          all_3p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.clean, 3);
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          },
-          all_1p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.clean, 1 );
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          },
-          admin_1p: function(callback){
-            cmd.body = query( req.admin );
-            query_backend(cmd, callback);
-          }
-        };
-      }
-      
-      async.parallel(async_query, function(err, results) {
-        // results is equal to: {a: docs, b: docs, c: docs}
-        var splice_length = parseInt((SIZE / Object.keys(results).length), 10);
-        var results_keys = Object.keys(async_query);
-        
-        var combined = [];
-        results_keys.forEach(function(key){
-          combined = combined.concat(results[key].splice(0,splice_length));
-        });
-        
-        combined = dedup(combined);
-        respond(combined);
-      });
-    } else {
-      query_backend(cmd, function(err, results) {
-        respond(results);
-      });
-    }
-  
   }
 
   return controller;
diff --git a/controller/suggest_nearby.js b/controller/suggest_nearby.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6016cb7f..00000000
--- a/controller/suggest_nearby.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-
-var service = {
-  suggest: require('../service/suggest'),
-  mget: require('../service/mget')
-};
-var geojsonify = require('../helper/geojsonify').search;
-
-function setup( backend, query ){
-
-  // allow overriding of dependencies
-  backend = backend || require('../src/backend');
-  query = query || require('../query/suggest');
-
-  function controller( req, res, next ){
-
-    // backend command
-    var cmd = {
-      index: 'pelias',
-      body: query( req.clean )
-    };
-
-    // responder
-    function reply( docs ){
-      
-      // convert docs to geojson
-      var geojson = geojsonify( docs );
-
-      // response envelope
-      geojson.date = new Date().getTime();
-
-      // respond
-      return res.status(200).json( geojson );
-    }
-
-    // query backend
-    service.suggest( backend, cmd, function( err, suggested ){
-
-      // error handler
-      if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-
-      // no documents suggested, return empty array to avoid ActionRequestValidationException
-      if( !Array.isArray( suggested ) || !suggested.length ){
-        return reply([]);
-      }
-
-      // map suggester output to mget query
-      var query = suggested.map( function( doc ) {
-        var idParts = doc.text.split(':');
-        return {
-          _index: 'pelias',
-          _type: idParts[0],
-          _id: idParts.slice(1).join(':')
-        };
-      });
-
-      service.mget( backend, query, function( err, docs ){
-
-        // error handler
-        if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-
-        // reply
-        return reply( docs );
-
-      });
-    });
-
-  }
-
-  return controller;
-}
-
-module.exports = setup;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helper/queryMixer.json b/helper/queryMixer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3becfba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/queryMixer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "suggest": [
+    {
+      "layers": ["geoname","osmnode","osmway","admin0","admin1","admin2","neighborhood"],
+      "precision": [5, 3, 1]
+    },
+    {
+      "layers": ["admin0","admin1","admin2","neighborhood"],
+      "precision": []
+    },
+    {
+      "layers": ["geoname","osmnode","osmway","admin0","admin1","admin2","neighborhood"],
+      "precision": [3],
+      "fuzzy": "AUTO"
+    }
+  ],
+  "suggest_nearby": [
+    {
+      "layers": ["geoname","osmnode","osmway","admin0","admin1","admin2","neighborhood"],
+      "precision": []
+    },
+    {
+      "layers": ["geoname","osmnode","osmway","admin0","admin1","admin2","neighborhood"],
+      "precision": [],
+      "fuzzy": "AUTO"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helper/results.js b/helper/results.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0ec1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/results.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+var picker = function( results, size ){
+  var combined = [];
+  var num_results = 0;
+
+  for (var i=0; i<results.length && num_results<size; i++) {
+    if (results[i] && results[i].length) {
+      combined[i] = combined[i] || [];
+      combined[i].push(results[i][0]);
+      results[i].splice(0,1);
+      num_results++;
+    } else {
+      results.splice(i,1);
+      i--;
+    }
+    
+    if (i === results.length-1) {
+      i=0;
+    }
+  }
+  return (combined.length > 0) ? sort_by_score(combined) : combined;
+};
+
+var dedup = function(arr) {
+  var unique_ids = [];
+  return arr.filter(function(item, pos) {
+    if (unique_ids.indexOf(item.name.default) === -1) {
+      unique_ids.push(item.name.default);
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+};
+
+var sort_by_score = function(arr) {
+  return arr.map(function(doc) {
+    return doc.sort(function(a,b) {
+      return b.score - a.score;
+    });
+  }).reduce(function(a,b) { //flatten
+    return a.concat(b);
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  picker: picker,
+  dedup: dedup
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/query/suggest.js b/query/suggest.js
index 29f2f0b3..4e9d30b6 100644
--- a/query/suggest.js
+++ b/query/suggest.js
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
 var logger = require('../src/logger');
 
 // Build pelias suggest query
-function generate( params, precision ){
+function generate( params, query_mixer, fuzziness ){
 
-  var getPrecision = function(zoom) {
+  var CmdGenerator = function(params){
+    this.params = params;
+    this.cmd = {
+      'text': params.input
+    };
+  };    
+
+  CmdGenerator.prototype.get_precision = function() {
+    var zoom = this.params.zoom;
     switch (true) {
       case (zoom > 15):
         return 5; // zoom: >= 16
@@ -16,28 +24,46 @@ function generate( params, precision ){
         return 2; // zoom: 4-5
       default:
         return 1; // zoom: 1-3 or when zoom: undefined
-    }
+    } 
   };
 
-  var cmd = {
-    'pelias' : {
-      'text' : params.input,
+  CmdGenerator.prototype.add_suggester = function(name, precision, layers, fuzzy) {
+    this.cmd[name] = {
       'completion' : {
-        'size' : params.size,
+        'size' : this.params.size,
         'field' : 'suggest',
         'context': {
-          'dataset': params.layers,
+          'dataset': layers || this.params.layers,
           'location': {
-            'value': [ params.lon, params.lat ],
-            'precision': precision || getPrecision(params.zoom)
+            'value': [ this.params.lon, this.params.lat ],
+            'precision': precision || this.get_precision()
           }
+        },
+        'fuzzy': {
+          'fuzziness': fuzzy || fuzziness || 0
         }
       }
-    }
+    };
   };
 
-  // logger.log( 'cmd', JSON.stringify( cmd, null, 2 ) );
-  return cmd;
+  var cmd = new CmdGenerator(params);
+  if (query_mixer && query_mixer.length) {
+    query_mixer.forEach(function(item, index){
+      if (item.precision && Array.isArray( item.precision ) && item.precision.length ) {
+        item.precision.forEach(function(precision) {
+          cmd.add_suggester(index, precision, item.layers, item.fuzzy);
+        });
+      } else {
+        cmd.add_suggester(index, undefined, item.layers, item.fuzzy);
+      }
+    });  
+  } else {
+    cmd.add_suggester(0);
+  }
+  
+  
+  // logger.log( 'cmd', JSON.stringify( cmd.cmd, null, 2 ) );
+  return cmd.cmd;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/service/suggest.js b/service/suggest.js
index fdf82fe9..f27b67c9 100644
--- a/service/suggest.js
+++ b/service/suggest.js
@@ -6,21 +6,36 @@
 **/
 
 function service( backend, cmd, cb ){
-  
   // query new backend
   backend().client.suggest( cmd, function( err, data ){
-
     // handle backend errors
     if( err ){ return cb( err ); }
-
+    
     // map returned documents
+    
     var docs = [];
-    if( data && Array.isArray( data.pelias ) && data.pelias.length ){
-      docs = data.pelias[0].options || [];
+    var unique_ids = [];
+    var num_keys = Object.keys(data).length;
+    var has_docs = function(obj) {
+      return Array.isArray( obj ) && obj.length && obj[0].options && obj[0].options.length;
+    };
+    for (var i=0, j=0; i<num_keys && j<num_keys; i++) {
+      if ( has_docs(data[i]) ){
+        docs[i] = docs[i] || [];
+        var res = data[i][0].options[0];
+        if (unique_ids.indexOf(res.text) === -1) {
+          docs[i].push(res);
+          unique_ids.push(res.text);
+        } 
+        data[i][0].options.splice(0,1);
+      } else {
+        j++;
+      }
+      i = i === num_keys-1 ? 1 : i;
     }
 
     // fire callback
-    return cb( null, docs );
+    return cb( null, docs);
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/suggest.js b/test/unit/controller/suggest.js
index c32f2336..8f04edd7 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/suggest.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/suggest.js
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
             { _id: 'mockid2', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }
           ]}
         }, 'correct mget command');
-      } else if (cmd.body.layers) {
-        // layers are set exclusively for admin: test for admin-only layers
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { 
-          body: { 
-            input: 'b', 
-            layers: [ 'admin0', 'admin1', 'admin2' ] 
-          }, index: 'pelias' 
-        }, 'correct suggest/admin command');
       } else {
         t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { input: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
       }
@@ -105,7 +97,8 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
         }, 'correct mget command');
       } else if (cmd.body.layers) {
         // layers are set exclusively for admin: test for admin-only layers
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b', layers: [ 'admin0', 'admin1', 'admin2' ] }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest/admin command');
+        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b', layers: [ 'admin0', 'admin1', 'admin2' ] }, index: 'pelias' }, 
+        'correct suggest/admin command');
       } else {
         t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
       }
@@ -113,9 +106,9 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
     var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
     var next = function( message ){
       t.equal(message,'a backend error occurred','error passed to errorHandler');
-      t.end();
     };
     controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, undefined, next );
+    t.end();
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/suggest_nearby.js b/test/unit/controller/suggest_nearby.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 062ca519..00000000
--- a/test/unit/controller/suggest_nearby.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-
-var setup = require('../../../controller/suggest'),
-    mockBackend = require('../mock/backend'),
-    mockQuery = require('../mock/query');
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
-  test('valid interface', function(t) {
-    t.equal(typeof setup, 'function', 'setup is a function');
-    t.equal(typeof setup(), 'function', 'setup returns a controller');
-    t.end();
-  });
-};
-
-// functionally test controller (backend success)
-module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
-
-  // expected geojson features for 'client/mget/ok/1' fixture
-  var expected = [{
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -50.5, 100.1 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid1',
-      type: 'mytype1',
-      layer: 'mytype1',
-      name: 'test name1',
-      admin0: 'country1',
-      admin1: 'state1',
-      admin2: 'city1',
-      text: 'test name1, city1, state1'
-    }
-  }, {
-    type: 'Feature',
-    geometry: {
-      type: 'Point',
-      coordinates: [ -51.5, 100.2 ]
-    },
-    properties: {
-      id: 'myid2',
-      type: 'mytype2',
-      layer: 'mytype2',
-      name: 'test name2',
-      admin0: 'country2',
-      admin1: 'state2',
-      admin2: 'city2',
-      text: 'test name2, city2, state2'
-    }
-  }];
-
-  test('functional success', function(t) {
-    var i = 0;
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/ok/1', function( cmd ){
-      // the backend executes 2 commands, so we check them both
-      if( ++i === 1 ){
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct suggest command');
-      } else {
-        t.deepEqual(cmd, { 
-          body: { docs: [ 
-            { _id: 'mockid1', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' }, 
-            { _id: 'mockid2', _index: 'pelias', _type: 'mocktype' } ] 
-          } 
-        }, 'correct mget command');
-      }
-    });
-    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
-    var res = {
-      status: function( code ){
-        t.equal(code, 200, 'status set');
-        return res;
-      },
-      json: function( json ){
-        t.equal(typeof json, 'object', 'returns json');
-        t.equal(typeof json.date, 'number', 'date set');
-        t.equal(json.type, 'FeatureCollection', 'valid geojson');
-        t.true(Array.isArray(json.features), 'features is array');
-        t.deepEqual(json.features, expected, 'values correctly mapped');
-        t.end();
-      }
-    };
-    controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, res );
-  });
-};
-
-// functionally test controller (backend failure)
-module.exports.tests.functional_failure = function(test, common) {
-  test('functional failure', function(t) {
-    var backend = mockBackend( 'client/suggest/fail/1', function( cmd ){
-      t.deepEqual(cmd, { body: { a: 'b' }, index: 'pelias' }, 'correct backend command');
-    });
-    var controller = setup( backend, mockQuery() );
-    var next = function( message ){
-      t.equal(message,'a backend error occurred','error passed to errorHandler');
-      t.end();
-    };
-    controller( { clean: { a: 'b' } }, undefined, next );
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('GET /suggest/nearby ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js b/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b8ac3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/helper/queryMixer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+
+var query_mixer = require('../../../helper/queryMixer.json');
+var indeces = require('../../../query/indeces');
+
+module.exports.tests = {};
+
+module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
+  test('interface', function(t) {
+    t.equal(typeof query_mixer, 'object', 'valid object');
+    t.equal(query_mixer.hasOwnProperty('suggest'), true, 'has suggest defined');
+    t.equal(query_mixer.hasOwnProperty('suggest_nearby'), true, 'has suggest_nearby defined');
+    t.end();
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports.tests.valid = function(test, common) {
+  var valid_keys = ['layers', 'precision', 'fuzzy'];
+  var valid_fuzzy_vals = ['AUTO', 0, 1, 2];
+  var valid_layer_vals = indeces;
+
+  var isValidPrecision = function(t, precisionArr) {
+    precisionArr.forEach(function(precision) {
+      t.notEqual(isNaN(precision), true, precision + ' is a valid precision value');
+    });
+  };
+
+  var isValidLayer = function(t, layerArr) {
+    layerArr.forEach(function(this_layer) {
+      t.notEqual(valid_layer_vals.indexOf(this_layer), -1, 'layer value ' + this_layer + ' is valid');  
+    });
+  };
+
+  var isValid = function(key, mix) {
+    test('valid mix (' + key + ')' , function(t) {
+      t.equal(keys.length > 0, true, 'valid key');  
+      t.equal(Array.isArray( mix ), true, 'is an array');
+      t.equal(mix.length > 0, true, 'is not an empty array');
+      mix.forEach( function(this_mix) {
+        t.notEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(this_mix).length, 0,  'object not empty');
+        for (var keys in this_mix) {
+          t.notEqual(valid_keys.indexOf(keys), -1, keys + ' is valid');
+          switch(keys) {
+            case 'fuzzy':
+              t.notEqual(valid_fuzzy_vals.indexOf(this_mix[keys]), -1, 'fuzzy value ' + this_mix[keys] + ' is valid');
+              break;
+            case 'layers':
+              t.equal(Array.isArray(this_mix[keys]), true, 'layers is an array');
+              t.equal(this_mix[keys].length > 0, true, 'layers is not an empty array');
+              isValidLayer(t, this_mix[keys]);
+              break;
+            case 'precision':
+              t.equal(Array.isArray( this_mix[keys] ), true, keys + ' is an array');
+              if (this_mix[keys].length > 0) {
+                isValidPrecision(t, this_mix[keys]);
+              }
+              break;
+            default: 
+              break;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      t.end();
+    });
+  };
+
+  for (var keys in query_mixer) { 
+    isValid(keys, query_mixer[keys]);
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
+
+  function test(name, testFunction) {
+    return tape('query_mixer: ' + name, testFunction);
+  }
+
+  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
+    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
+  }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/backend.js b/test/unit/mock/backend.js
index 597b139c..fe617fe7 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/backend.js
+++ b/test/unit/mock/backend.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 var responses = {};
 responses['client/suggest/ok/1'] = function( cmd, cb ){
-  return cb( undefined, suggestEnvelope([ { score: 1, text: 'mocktype:mockid1' }, { score: 2, text: 'mocktype:mockid2' } ]) );
+  return cb( undefined, suggestEnvelope([ { score: 1, text: 'mocktype:mockid1' } ], [ { score: 2, text: 'mocktype:mockid2' } ]) );
 };
 responses['client/suggest/fail/1'] = function( cmd, cb ){
   return cb( 'a backend error occurred' );
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ function mgetEnvelope( options ){
   return { docs: options };
 }
 
-function suggestEnvelope( options ){
-  return { pelias: [{ options: options }]};
+function suggestEnvelope( options1, options2 ){
+  return { 0: [{ options: options1 }], 1: [{ options: options2 }]};
 }
 
 function searchEnvelope( options ){
diff --git a/test/unit/query/suggest.js b/test/unit/query/suggest.js
index 77c3f099..96d86fdd 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/suggest.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/suggest.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
       layers: ['test']
     });
     var expected = {
-      pelias: {
-        text: 'test',
+      text: 'test',
+      0: {
         completion: {
           field: 'suggest',
           size: 10,
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
               precision: 1,
               value: [ 0, 0 ]
             }
-          }
+          },
+          fuzzy: { fuzziness: 0 },
         }
       }
     };
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ module.exports.tests.precision = function(test, common) {
         layers: ['test']
       });
       var expected = {
-        pelias: {
-          text: 'test',
+        text: 'test',
+        0: {
           completion: {
             field: 'suggest',
             size: 10,
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ module.exports.tests.precision = function(test, common) {
                 precision: test_case.precision,
                 value: [ 0, 0 ]
               }
-            }
+            },
+            fuzzy: { fuzziness: 0 },
           }
         }
       };
@@ -92,6 +94,38 @@ module.exports.tests.precision = function(test, common) {
   });
 };
 
+module.exports.tests.fuzziness = function(test, common) {
+  var test_cases = [0,1,2,'AUTO', undefined, null, ''];
+  test('valid fuzziness', function(t) {
+    test_cases.forEach( function( test_case ){
+      var query = generate({
+        input: 'test', size: 10,
+        lat: 0, lon: 0, zoom:0,
+        layers: ['test']
+      }, undefined, test_case);
+      var expected = {
+        text: 'test',
+        0: {
+          completion: {
+            field: 'suggest',
+            size: 10,
+            context: {
+              dataset: [ 'test' ],
+              location: {
+                precision: 1,
+                value: [ 0, 0 ]
+              }
+            },
+            fuzzy: { fuzziness: test_case || 0 },
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      t.deepEqual(query, expected, 'valid suggest query for fuziness = ' + test_case);
+    });
+    t.end();
+  });
+};
+
 module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
 
   function test(name, testFunction) {
diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index 0bc64a72..ee45800b 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var tests = [
   require('./controller/index'),
   require('./controller/doc'),
   require('./controller/suggest'),
-  require('./controller/suggest_nearby'),
   require('./controller/search'),
   require('./service/mget'),
   require('./service/search'),
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ var tests = [
   require('./query/search'),
   require('./query/reverse'),
   require('./helper/geojsonify'),
-  require('./helper/outputSchema')
+  require('./helper/outputSchema'),
+  require('./helper/queryMixer')
 ];
 
 tests.map(function(t) {
diff --git a/test/unit/service/suggest.js b/test/unit/service/suggest.js
index a058b57e..08471e09 100644
--- a/test/unit/service/suggest.js
+++ b/test/unit/service/suggest.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ module.exports.tests.interface = function(test, common) {
 module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
 
   var expected = [ 
-    { score: 1, text: 'mocktype:mockid1' }, 
-    { score: 2, text: 'mocktype:mockid2' } 
+    [{ score: 1, text: 'mocktype:mockid1' }], 
+    [{ score: 2, text: 'mocktype:mockid2' }] 
   ];
 
   test('valid ES query', function(t) {